Diesel DM

Harlan Versh, Illuminated One

Another low-cost solo to help fill out fully painted lists, here is Harlan Versh.  The fist thing many will notice is that I added some color to Versh.  The artwork for Harlan is all browns, and it looks great, but on the table-top I didn’t think that much brown would be very eye-catching, maybe even a bit boring. So I decided to give him denim pants, a green waist coat and a while jacket.  Then for the hat and trench coat I went with tan.  He might not match his artwork, but he’s visually interesting. (more…)

Stormsmith Stormcallers: Bring on the lightning

Still working on that fully painted army by getting those low-cost filler models painted.  At 1pt a piece it’s hard to get lower-cost than the Stormsmiths.  Especially now with the Stormwall and it’s Stormpods, the Stormsmiths are finding their way into my lists.  As  I contemplated adding Nemo3 to my arsenal, they become even more valuable for list building. (more…)

Cygnar Sentinel, shield guarding your Warcasters

With the most recent errata having change Shield Guard to be more useful, I wanted to get the Sentinel painted up, ready for use with the low-ARM casters like Kara and Caine.  Not too much to discuss regarding the painting here, pretty standard for my Cygnar techniques, except for the top of the chassis.  For me, painting the circular highlights on the top of the shoulders is insanely difficult, to the point where I can’t seem to accomplish it.  I certainly made attempts with both the Charger and Lancer and I made multiple attempts on this one.  Without much success I instead turned the problem upside down.  Rather than base-coating with the mid-tone (Cygnar Blue Base), I base coated with the highest highlight (a mix of Cygnar Blue Highlight and Frostbite).  Then I layered all the darker colors up to it instead, as shading around a circle is much easier than highlighting out from one.  I can’t really explain why that is, but there you have.  This was a big experiment for me and I had my doubts, but it turned out great.  The only thing I would change is to have based with straight Frostbite instead, to give it an even brighter highlight.

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eEiryss, ready for action

In my continuing effort to field fully-painted armies I’ve been targeting solos that either are or should be in many of my lists.  eEiryss seemed like an excellent choice, though I don’t play her as often as I should, now that she’s painted there’s no excuse.  I really enjoyed painting this model.  Some nice details but not too cluttered.  Hard to tell by the pictures, but I even went to the extent of putting some purple eyeshadow on her.  I used some Midlund Flesh to tone down Beaten Purple for the eyeshadow and I think it subtly helps the eyes pop more.  They eyes I painted first try, which is always a spectacular win in my book.  To go complete her makeup I used Murderous Magenta, again toned down with some Midlund Flesh, for lipstick on the bottom lip. (more…)